Increasing saffron cultivation to more than 5,000 hectares in Neishabour
Mohammad Ali Farahmandrad, pointing out that this year the area under cultivation of valuable saffron
plant in this city has increased from 5,700 hectares to 5,900,000 hectares, said:
This amount includes 5,700 hectares fertile and 200 hectares infertile Is.
He stated:
Neishabour saffron is cultivated in the central parts, Miyan Jalgeh and Zabrkhan,
which has directly and indirectly created employment for 114,000 people.
The director of Neishabour Agricultural Jihad stated:
The amount of gross income of farmers working in this sector is 56 billion Rials.
Farahmandrad added:
Due to special climatic conditions, such as excessive autumn heat, reduced spring rainfall,
summer heat, early irrigation of fields by farmers in the current crop year,
an average of 2.8 kg of saffron has been harvested per hectare and the city’s share About 16 tons
of dry saffron is from this year’s production due to a 40% reduction in production.
He said:
supplying the required chemical and micronutrient fertilizers,
providing tips and technical advice in order to support Neishabour saffron growers.
The director of Neishabour Agricultural Jihad added:
Saffron has been very well received by farmers due to its lower water needs.
Neishabour city is located in the west of Mashhad city at 47 and 58 degrees longitude and 12 and 36 degrees latitude.
Its altitude is 1210 meters above sea level.
city is one of the functions of Khorasan province.
Also in the high part of the steppe,
there is a foothill with plants such as rhubarb, camouflage and salt grains,
and in the lower parts, there is turmeric and artificial forests to stabilize quicksand.
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